Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming all share common borders and something else that matters more.
According to data the Census Bureau gathered in 2020, these were three of the four states that had the highest percentages of households headed by married couples of the opposite sex.
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Making the case for two parents is a good starting point, but we would connect the dots to add that the largest benefits come from being married. If the two-parent ideal matters, marriage is the support that helps two different people stick together to do that. This is because marriage is a legal and social institution with a certain set of norms and expectations that increases the likelihood of relationship trust, happiness, and longevity. In other words, marriage is a kind of social technology. Or, as The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson puts it, marriage is like “social fitness.” Without marriage, the two-parent ideal becomes less achievable and less durable, and parents become more lonely and less happy.
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When my friend went to therapy (circa 2007), she was taught how to keep her emotions from ruling her life. Then she shared the techniques she had learned with her friends, teaching us to become more resilient, too.
According to Shrier, that’s not the kind of therapy most kids today are getting. Instead of teaching kids to overcome their negative emotions and face their fears, she reports, parents, teachers, school counselors, therapists, and doctors are accommodating those fears and challenges, creating a feedback loop that makes kids more anxious and depressed.
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The International Conference in Rome is intended to be a decisive step to support and encourage national and international initiatives, leading to the adoption of an international treaty. It will be held in Rome on 5 and 6 of April, at the LUMSA University (Via Porta Castello 44, Rome).
Some of the scheduled speakers include Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Velina Todorova, Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Eugenia Roccella, Italian Minister for the Family, and Olivia Maurel, born through surrogacy and spokesperson for the Casablanca Declaration.
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The share of Americans above age 65 is projected to grow in coming years, outpacing overall population growth by almost 20 percentage points by 2030. Some predict that a crisis in senior homelessness looms.
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